Chapter 4

Disclaimer: I don't own pokémon. I only own a couple of the OC's in the story and the story itself. I'm not rich enough to own a company the size of pokémon.

"Pokémon": normal speech

'Pokémon': normal thought

"Pokémon": pokémon moves

"Pokémon": Commentator

"Pokémon": Telepathy

"Pokémon": pokémon speech

'Pokémon': pokémon thought

"Pokémon": legendary pokémon

When I See You Again

Previously:

As the others climb out of the taxi, they grabbed their suitcases and bags out of the trunk, thanked the driver and walked inside. "Sorry, I didn't mean to run into you." They heard. As the doors slid open, they saw Max on the ground, while a hot guy, about their age, with raven-black hair, that May thought made him look like Sir Aaron, helping Max up from where he had fallen.

"No problem, sorry about being in your way." The man said in a dreamy voice.

"No it is my fault." Max says. When he stood up, the others could see that Max was at least four or five inches shorter than the man, and since Max was the tallest in the group, apart from Serena and Chrissy, who were the same height as Max, the man towered over them. "I'm Max, from Petalburg City in Hoenn. My friends and I are here to enter the tournament. It is nice to meet you. What is your name?"

"I'm here to register for the tournament too. The name is Silver. The pleasure is all mine." He said, while shaking Max's hand.

Silver's POV:

'Fuck that was a lucky save, almost got caught, that was so close.' He thought, as his mind wandered back to how he got into this predicament.

Twenty minutes ago:

The doors of the Pokémon Center open, revealing Ash, with Pikachu on his shoulder. He walks through the doors and up to the front desk, where a Nurse Joy was sitting smiling at him. "Hello sir, would you like me to heal your pokémon for you?" she asked, as a Blissey walks in with a tray full of six pokéballs, handing them to a trainer with brown hair and pale skin, before joining the Nurse behind the counter, holding the now empty tray.

"Yes please, Nurse Joy." Pikachu jumps onto the Blissey's head, as he put Charizard's pokéball onto the tray. The Blissey chanted her name, before she walked off down the corridor. "I would also like to register for the tournament."

"Sure, I will need to see your pokédex, so that I can register your name and id, as well as what your status is and if you are applicable to be able to compete. I would also like to see your letter that should have been given to you to be able to enter."

Ash gave an uneasy smile, "If you insist, just don't freak out when you see the name."

Curious, Nurse Joy scanned the pokédex. A name popped up. The nurse blinked. The name was still there. She re-entered the pokédex. After loading the screen up again, the name reappeared. Nurse Joy stared at Ash, "You...you are...you are him."

Ash was confused, "Him, who?"

"Ash Ketchum" she whispered, shocked at the fact that the person standing in front of him was the long lost legend.

Ash sheepishly rubbed the back of his head, grinning goofily, "Oh, well, yes he is me, or rather, I am him." He replied.

Nurse Joy just stood there silently, not moving. Then, she suddenly just tilted forward. Her nose was inches from hitting the desk, when Ash jumped over the counter and caught her. He laid her across the ground and used his aura to calm her down.

As Nurse Joy came to, she saw a man kneeling over her, surrounded in a light blue glow. "An angel." She whispered, as Ash's cheeks turned a little red, before whispering back,

"You aren't dead yet, Nurse Joy." He chuckled, as the woman came to. The nurse now could see the man in detail, and realised she wasn't dreaming.

"It really is you!" she exclaims, loudly. Ash winces, glancing around to make sure that they didn't draw any unwanted attention. After seeing that no one else was around, he turned back to the nurse, who was now getting up off the ground.

"Hey, Nurse Joy, could you keep this information on the down low please? I don't want anyone to know that I am here." Ash pleaded, as he kneeled down, praying to her. Nurse Joy smiled kindly, before saying,

"Well, you can't use a different name while you are competing, but since the tournament isn't going to start for another day, you can just use a different name until then. You won't have to worry about any disguises, as I don't think anyone will know it is you." The nurse looked Ash up and down, a blush evident on her face.

"Thank you, Nurse Joy." Ash sighed in relief, as Blissey came back through the doors that lead to the check-up room, with Pikachu standing on her head, drinking from a ketchup bottle, and the tray with Charizard's pokéball on it.

"Pikachu, how did you get that?" he asked, pointing at the bottle that his starter was drinking from.

"Blissey gave it to me, after I asked for it, of course." Pikachu smirked, before jumping off the pokémon's head, and onto Ash's shoulder, as he made sure that the ketchup didn't spill out of the bottle. Blissey gave Ash his pokéball as Nurse Joy gave him his pokédex back, along with the letter,

"You are registered for the tournament. The address of the place you will be staying at for the duration of the tournament is programed into your pokédex. I think you will be surprised at where you will be staying." Curious, Ash thanked the nurse and Blissey, before starting to leave the Pokémon Center, Pikachu jumping into Ash's backpack along with the ketchup bottle, so that he could drink in peace.

As Ash was about to reach the door, it suddenly slid open, and a five foot eight tall male with dark green hair rushed through the opening doors and crashed into Ash. Ash stumbled back as the green haired person fell on his ass, his bag coming off his back and all his possessions falling out of it as it hit the floor. As he looked at the man's face, he saw that it was Max, except he was taller, and he wasn't wearing his glasses anymore. He looked about nineteen years old, and was trying to grab everything that had spilled out of his bag. Ash bent down to help pick up the things that had fallen. The first thing he had grabbed was a photo.

In the photo was a large amount of people and pokémon. Ash realised that the picture was of him and his pokémon, along with his friends and family. It was the same photo that was taken the day before he had left. All his friends were there; there was Brock, Misty, Gary, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Serena, Bonnie, Chrissy, Alexa and Clemont, along with his brother, Red, his mother, Serena and Chrissy's parents, Professor Sycamore and Grace, and Professor Oak. He was in the middle of the group, his pokémon in the background with the smaller pokémon in front of them. Delia was holding Pikachu in her arms.

As Ash looked at the photo, Max had picked up all his things and was looking over his shoulder, "That's a photo that was taken five years ago. It's of all my friends and I, and my friends pokémon."

"Here, sorry I shouldn't have pried into your business." Ash apologized, as he handed the photo back to the man.

"It's ok, sorry for running into you." Max replied

"No problem, sorry about being in your way." Ash said.

"No it is my fault." Max said. "I'm Max, from Petalburg City in Hoenn. My friends and I are here to enter the tournament." Ash looked behind the man, as he saw a group of girls walking through the door. "What is your name?" He offered his hand to Ash.

'Shit! I need a name. What name should I choose?' Ash thought quickly, until he remembered his home. 'I got it!'

"The name is Silver. I'm here to register for the tournament too." He said, while shaking Max's hand.

Normal POV:

"It's nice to meet you, Silver. These are my friends." Max waved his hand to the group behind him.

"Hi, I'm May Maple, Max's older sister."

"Dawn Berlitz is my name. It is good to meet you."

"The name's Bonnie Citron, and this Dedenne." She showed off her handbag, which had two pouches sewed into it. In the first pouch was a small, round, orange mouse-like pokémon, with whiskers in the shape of antennas, which sparked a little. He had orange pouches on his cheeks, and his belly was a pale yellow. He had round black ears with light yellow insides, and a long black tail with a star-like tip. He had an aradicular tooth that could be seen on his upper jaw. "And this is Squishy." In the second pouch was a small and leafy-green gelatinous pokémon with a large, round head, a moderately sized body, and a thin, hook-shaped bottom section, which looked like a tail. His head was rounded, except for a protruding, beak-shaped area at the bottom front. Within his head was a single, oval eye that had a smaller, oval pupil within it. Beside his eye was another white, semi-elliptic shape, which looked like a second eye. Within his midsection was a nearly regular, red hexagon. Dedenne squeaked enthusiastically, as Squishy nodded his head.

"I'm Serena Yvonne, and this is my twin sister, Chrissy."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Silver." Chrissy finished off.

"The pleasure is all mine." Silver said, as he bowed his head courteously to the group.

"So where are you from Silver?" Max asked. Silver looked back to the man and smiled,

"I'm from the Kanto region. I have been travelling as a pokémon trainer for eleven years now, and have been to every region in the world, including the newly discovered Alola region." Silver replied. Suddenly, the loud speaker went off,

"Those who need to register for the tournament, can you please come to the front desk to do so?" Nurse Joy said, before turning the speaker off.

"Shit, we need to register, see you later, Silver." Max called over his shoulder, as the group ran to the front desk. Silver just watched them leave, staring at the girls as they walked off.

'Arceus, they are beautiful.' He thought to himself, as he waved slightly. Silver then walked out of the center and opened his pokédex. "Nurse Joy said that my hotel is programmed into the pokédex, so I wonder where it is?" He opened a file, and inside it was an address. "Twenty three, Lumiose Road. Well," he looked at the street sign, and saw that he was on Lumiose road. He then looked at the Pokémon Center, and saw that it had the number twenty on the wall. He saw a large building across the road, next to some awesome mansion, "So that is the hotel. I wonder who lives in the mansion. Whoever does is one lucky son of a bitch." He chuckled, as he crossed the road.

He walked up to the hotel and through the door. At the desk, sat a young woman, around twenty-four, with purple hair, pale skin and brown eyes. She looked at the man who had entered the hotel, and blushed at how handsome the man was.

Silver walked up to the counter, "Hi, is this twenty three, Lumiose Road?"

"No sir, this is twenty one, Lumiose Road. Twenty-three, Lumiose Road is the mansion next door." She replied.

"Ok, thanks anyway." Silver replied, before walking out the doors and onto the street. He could see that Professor Sycamore's lab was on one side and on the other side was the mansion that was supposedly his. 'Sweet! I'm a lucky son of a bitch.' As he walked up to the gate, he heard someone call his name,

"Silver, wait up!" Silver turned around to see May and the others. "Where are you going?"

"To go to where I am staying. I need to unpack my stuff so that I can go and train." He replied

"Can we come along? We are staying at this hotel anyway, so it won't take long for us to get unpacked." Dawn stated, as the others nodded their heads in agreement. Silver sighed,

"Okay, I will meet you all here in, let's say, five minutes, and then I will show you where I am staying."

"Sounds great. Let's go" Chrissy finished as the group walked into the hotel. Whilst Max and the girls were inside, Silver sat on the curb and stared at Prism Tower, at the far end of the street, and at the stadium, which was situated a couple blocks away, but he could still see it over the building tops.

Time flew by as Silver gazed at the Kalosian city, and the five minutes disappeared, as the others exited their hotel, each carrying small backpacks, or handbags. "You guys ready to go?" Silver questioned.

"All set." Serena answered, "So which way is it? Is it very far from here?"

"It's down the street and, no, it won't take long at all." Silver chuckled, as he started to walk towards the mansion. The others followed him, wondering where he was going.

As the group reached the mansion, they could see that a long black metal fence bordered the estate, with a driveway leading through the metal gate and onto the property. Silver noticed an intercom system against the column that was connected to the gate. As Silver pressed the buzzer on the intercom, a voice answered the call, "Hello, who would this be?" From the sound of the voice, Silver could tell that the person was a man, about fifty-to-sixty years of age.

"This is Silver Satoshi."

"Hang on a sec..." The man ended the call, just as the gate opened with a whirring sound. The group, aside from Silver watched in wonder as the gate opened to reveal a long driveway towards a pearl white mansion. It was built like a modern palace, columns holding the balcony up, and the roof was designed with a wave like pattern. The estate must be about two hundred square kilometers in area.

"Ah...Silver, what are we doing here?" Max asked, in awe of what he was witnessing, as was the others.

"You'll see..." Silver smirked, trying to hold back his excitement; this place was all his! He couldn't wait to check it out. A few moments later, the group finally reached the door. The door was made of brass, with four panels of windows in the door, shaped like a box.

Silver knocked on the door, the sound echoing across the grounds. The group waited. And waited. And waited. Max started to get restless. "Are you sure we are supposed to be here? I thought you were supposed to be taking us to your hotel."

"Max, stop being rude!" Bonnie scolded, resulting in Max cowering away from her, making everyone laugh and giggle at Max's expense. Suddenly, the door whipped open to reveal a man around thirty years old, with curly brown hair, and pale skin. He was wearing a loud floral Alolan t-shirt, white shorts and running shoes. On his head was a pair of sunglasses.

"It's Scott!" May gasped.

"Silver, it is nice to see you again, my man." Scott shouted, in a dull roar, grabbing Silver and crushing him in a bear hug.

"Scott, how...have you...been?" Silver squeaked out, his face turning purple, as he tried hard to not get suffocated in the man's grip.

"Scott, let the poor boy go, he has to breathe, you know." A voice called from inside the house. Scott let go of Silver, and moved to the side, to reveal a man with a bushy white beard, white hair, pale skin and black eyes. He had a blue cap on his head, which was facing backwards, a red and blue jumper, green khaki shorts, brown shoes, and long white socks that went up to his knees.

"President Goodshow, it has been a while." Silver coughed, regaining his breathe from the death hug. Mr Goodshow walked up to him, and offered his hand to Silver, as Silver extended his own hand, and, in turn, shook his hand. After a quick moment, the two let go of one another's hand.

"So Silver, let's step inside. Your friends are welcome, if they want to join us." Mr Goodshow said, as Silver nodded and made to go inside, when a voice called out,

"Hold on a sec. What the hell is going on? Silver, I thought we were going to where you are staying. Are you trying to stall us, or something?" Max rudely said.

May and Bonnie were about to slap Max upside the head, when Silver chuckled, "Max, don't you get it?"

"Get what? What am I not getting?"

"Max, Max, Max..." Silver shook his head in disappointment, "This is where I am staying. This is my mansion for now."

THUNK! Max's jaw hit the ground, closely followed by everyone else's, other than Mr Goodshow's, Silver's and Scott's. Their eyes were as wide as dinner plates, as they watched Silver and the other two men walk through the front door. A moment later, Silver poked his head back through the doorway,

"Um...are you guys coming in, or are you going to stand there." This caused the group to snap out of their stupor and shuffled inside. The mansion was humongous. (Links for mansion below)

As the group walked around, going from room to room, Scott pulled Silver away from them and into the master bedroom. Mr Goodshow was already inside the room. "Ok, Ash, we have some things to say to you."

"As do I to you. Like how did you know it was me, how did you find me on Mount Silver, and why all this?"

"Well, Nurse Joy called up right after you left the Pokémon Center. She told us you had registered and that for now you wanted to be called Silver, probably after the mountain. We were able to find you; because someone gave us a tipoff about your whereabouts, and this is for all the things you have done for the pokémon world and the human race. You can keep the house after the tournament, along with four beach houses; one in Alola, one in Sinnoh, one in Unova and the last one in the Orange Islands."

"How did Nurse Joy know about the name? And who gave you the tipoff?" Ash wondered aloud.

"She eavesdropped on your conversation with Max. About the tipoff, the person asked us to keep it confidential." Scott answered, before continuing. "We have arranged for your friends to stay here and your name will be released at the starting round. You will be the first match, against Lance."

"Nice." Ash replied, as someone knocked on the front door. "I better go see who it is." He and the two men walked out of the master bedroom and made their way to the front door. The others were standing around the lobby. Ash walked up to the door and opened it. Standing in front of him was his mother and brother, along with Brock, Gary, Misty, Clemont, Iris, and Cilan, all of which looked like they had just aged five years. They were looking around in wonder and awe, before realizing that they had an audience. Delia looked at her holocaster, before saying,

"Hi, is this twenty three, Lumiose Road? I was given this address by the Nurse Joy from the Pokémon Center."

"Yes, this is the right place. My name is Silver; it is a pleasure to meet you. My guess is you are friends with these six." Silver said, as he pointed to Serena and the others.

"Serena, May, Chrissy, Bonnie, Max, Dawn!? What are you guys doing here?" Gary exclaimed.

"I think I can answer that question for you." Mr Goodshow said casually. Delia noticed the short man, and smiled at him.

"Mr Goodshow, what a pleasant surprise." She said.

"Do you to know each other?" Silver asked.

"Delia is one of the world's best professors on breeding and pokémon. I go to her lab sometimes to check out her research. Plus we have known each other ever since Richard proposed to you twenty two years ago."

"Yes that was the happiest day of my life, as well as the day my sons were born." She sighed.

"Anyway, this is Silver's home, and he has offered to open his home to you." Mr Goodshow continued.

"What!" Iris and Gary shouted.

"Why would you do this for us? We don't even know you."

"So you don't want to stay to stay here?"

Misty quickly covered Gary's mouth, "What he meant to say is, why us?"

Silver shrugged, "Don't know, Scott just told me that I would be having some guests stay here."

"Anyway, we better be going, Charles. See ya everyone. Nice to see you again, Silver." As everyone turned to watch Mr Goodshow and Scott drive off in Scott's car, Scott turned around and shouted to Silver, "See you at the stadium at quarter to eight for the exhibition match." And with that he drove off wildly down the driveway.

Everyone turned to Silver, waiting for him to speak. "Ok, make yourselves at home everyone. Max can you please show your friends around the place. If anyone needs me, I will be in my training room." He said, as everyone broke off to get settled in. Silver walked through the corridors, until he finally reached the indoor battlefield. He went over to the right wall, where a computer screen was built into the wall. Next to the screen, a trading machine was placed to the right side, and a pokéball holder mounted into the wall on the left side of the screen.

"Hmm, not going to need the holder, but the other two machines might come in handy. Let's see..." he pressed a button next to the computer screen, and a keyboard extended out of the wall below the screen. The computer started up and showed a menu of options that Silver could use it for. "Move learner, move deleter, move relearner, phone, referee, information on trainers in the tournament. It's all here. Wow, Scott and Mr Goodshow went all the way with this place. Now to prepare for tomorrow's match."

Silver started to channel aura into his mind, calling for something. Soon after, Mewtwo and Lucario materialized before him. "Master, what is it? Is something wrong? Where are we?" Lucario exclaimed loudly, getting into a fighting stance.

"Nothing is wrong, Lucario, ease up a bit. We are in Lumiose City. Tomorrow is the start of the tournament. For now, my name is Silver, and, tomorrow, I will reveal myself before my exhibition match against the Kanto Champion, Lance. For now, I need advice. Pikachu, get your lazy ass out of my bag." The zipper slowly opened, and the yellow mouse stumbled out, a dazed look on his face.

"What time is it?" The sleepy pokémon asked.

"About three o'clock in the afternoon. Now did you hear anything I said?"

"Kind of hard not to when you guys speak so loudly." Pikachu replied cheekily, as he scratched his ear.

"Ok smart ass, let's get on with it." The four figures started to talk about the tournament and what Silver was going to do. By the time they had finished talking, four hours had passed,

"Alright guys, good chat. Remember that the others are staying here, and we need to keep them from knowing what is going on until after tomorrow's match. Pikachu, you can't be seen, so you have a choice. You can either go with Mewtwo and Lucario back to Mount Silver, be teleported to the master bedroom, get in the bag again, or..." Silver said, mumbling the last part.

"I'm sorry, what was that Ash? I don't think I heard you right. Did you say go into the pokéball?" Pikachu smiled sweetly.

"N-no-no-o I di-didn't. I would nev-never. Please don't hurt me." Silver groveled, putting his arms over his head, as the three pokémon chuckled. There were only limited amount of times that their trainer acted like this, mostly from Pikachu threatening him occasionally.

"Ok get up. You look pathetic." The mouse squeaked.

"Thank you, my merciful friend." Silver bowed to him, pretending to worship him.

"Actually, I think I might..." Pikachu started to say, when Silver jumped to his feet, standing at attention, "That's better. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must get back to something important." He jumped into the bag, and started to finish of the ketchup bottle.

"Are you feeling alright, Pikachu? I'm surprised you haven't finished that yet, unless that is the third bottle you have had." Mewtwo joked.

"You watch yourself, clone." Pikachu warned, before zipping the bag closed.

"Master..." Silver turned to the canine pokémon,

"What is it, Lucario?"

"May I stay here tonight? Rather than go back to the mountain."

"Sure, my aura son. You may stay here." Lucario nodded, before Mewtwo teleported back to the mountain. Silver picked up his bag, and walked out with Lucario by his side. As the two reached the living room, the others noticed them. Everything went quiet, until Max launched himself over the back of the lounge and landed in front of Silver. The green haired trainer stared at the Lucario excitedly, creeping the pokémon out.

"You have a Lucario? That's awesome!"

"Max, sit down. Let him breathe." May scolded him, as Silver and Lucario gave May an appreciative smile.

As everyone settled down, the group started to chat about the tournament, what they wanted to do when the tournament was over, and about other things. They ordered pizza and everyone just sat back and relaxed for a couple of hours. Delia left at around eight o'clock to go to Professor Sycamore's lab, where she, Professor Oak, Grace and Professor Sycamore would be staying for the duration of the tournament.

Soon eleven o'clock rolled by and everyone started head off to bed. The group had already made up a schedule for who would be sharing rooms together. The final list was; Silver in the master bedroom, Serena, Chrissy, Dawn and May, in the first guest room, Max, Cilan and Brock in the second, Clemont and Bonnie in the third, Iris and Misty in the fourth, and Red and Gary in the fifth. There were still eight guest bedrooms left, but everyone decided it was just easier to share, just in case there were more people coming to stay.

Silver and Lucario retired to the master bedroom. Lucario leant against the wall, acting as a guard, whilst Pikachu slept on Silver's pillow. Silver gazed at the two pokémon for a few minutes.

'This is it, the tournament of Legends. We will, win so we can show the world what we are really made of.' Silver thought, as he brushed his teeth, got into his pajama shorts, and slipped into the bed, moving Pikachu from the pillow to the end of the bed. As Silver thought about the tournament, his thoughts drifted to four certain girls that were staying in one of the many guest bedrooms. Silver was still deep in thought, when his eyelids started to droop. The raven-haired man yawns, before turning over and falls asleep.

In one of the guest bedrooms, four girls were still awake, talking quietly so to not wake anyone up, "So, what do you girls think of Silver?" Dawn asked, interested to hear the answers.

"He is alright, his voice is dreamy and he is very handsome. But my heart was already stolen by a certain boy." May whispered back, as Serena and Chrissy sighed. "Why do you ask, Dawn? Have you fallen for Silver?" May teased.

"No, I was just trying to start up a conversation. You are so judgmental." Dawn crossed her arms, and pouted.

"Dawn, that doesn't work on us, remember." Serena giggled, as Chrissy and May joined the laughter. Dawn smiled, and whispered jokingly,

"Screw you, guys." Making the other three giggle harder, "I'm going to sleep. See you in the morning." Dawn finished, as she laid her head down on the pillow, and closed her eyes.

The other three girls chatted for a little while, mostly about Silver, the tournament and if Ash was going to be at the tournament, as all three of them crossed their fingers. Dawn whispered loudly, "Oh, just go to sleep, will you. You can talk about it in the morning."

The girls pouted, but then smirked before each of them lay down in their bunks and drifted off to sleep.

Time skip: seven thirty, next morning:

Serena woke up to the sound of a door closing, 'Must be Chrissy.' She thought to herself, but when she looked around the room, she saw Chrissy was still in bed asleep, as was May and Dawn. Curious, Serena climbed out of bed, got dressed, and walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly, so that the others wouldn't wake up.

Serena walked down the corridor, when, suddenly, one of the doors opened and revealed Gary, scratching his head as he looked around. Spotting Serena, he waved at her, shut his door quietly behind him, and then motioned for her to follow him. As the two walked down the corridor, Gary asked, "Did you hear that door open, or was it just my imagination?"

"It's not you. I heard it too. Do you know who it might be?" Gary shrugged his shoulders.

"Not a clue. It's not May, Dawn, or Misty, as they never get up early. It could have been Red, but he was still in bed. Iris, and Max are pretty loud, so they would have woken everyone up."

"I walked passed Clemont and Bonnie's room, and I could here Bonnie trying to wake up Clemont, but she wouldn't have been able to walk that fast from the front door to her room, without one of us seeing her. Brock and Cilan would be in the kitchen, most likely, or still asleep."

Serena and Gary finally made it to the lobby. When the two walked up to the front door, Serena saw a note sticky tapped to the handle. Taking it off the handle, Serena read over the front, " It says, to my guests, at the top."

Realisation dawned on Gary's face, "Silver. He must have left for some reason. Does it say anything else on it?"

Serena turned the letter over, and noticed some writing in the corner, "Read when everyone is awake. Ok, that's something. Should we wait for the others to get up themselves, or should we give them a hand." Serena suggested, as Gary smirked.

"Do you have your Pangoro on you?" Serena nodded, "Can you get him to use Uproar?"

Serena smiled, before grabbing a pokéball out of her shorts pocket, and releasing the pokémon from within it. A large panda burst from the pokéball. He turned to his trainer and waited for her, "Pangoro, please use Uproar, to wake the others up." The dark and fighting type nodded, before clenching his fists, crouching down, then raising his head towards the roof, and letting out a loud roar. A few moments later, everyone was downstairs and looking around, an annoyed expression on most of their faces, except for Red, Brock, Cilan and Bonnie, who were already dressed and ready to go.

"What's going on?" Clemont groaned.

"Well, Silver has gone somewhere, and he left us a note. It says,"

To my guests,

Sorry if I woke any of you up when I left, but I need to go to the stadium, to get ready for my exhibition match. The tournament starts at eight o'clock, and my match will be at the same time, so that we can start the tournament off with a bang, or whatever Mr Goodshow said. The point is, I will see you at the stadium, hopefully.

By Silver

Everyone stood still, silent, waiting for someone to speak. Finally, Red spoke up, "So, let's get ready. Come on everyone, hurry, chop chop." In five minutes everyone had gotten dressed and were ready to leave. The group decided to eat when they got to the stadium.

The group locked up the mansion, left the estate and walked to the stadium, picking up Delia, Grace and the professors on the way. They made it to the stadium in five minutes, which was packed. "Man, I've never seen this place so crowded." Clemont marveled, gazing around him.

"Clemont, hurry up! We're going inside." Clemont looked at his sister, finding that she and the group were already walking in. Clemont jogged over to them, so that he didn't lose them in the crowd. Red, Gary, Misty, Brock, Max, May, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Bonnie, Clemont, Serena and Chrissy walked onto the battlefield, standing in rows along with the hundreds of other trainers, gym leaders, coordinators, and other types of trainers, as Delia, Grace, Professor Oak and Professor Sycamore found some seats, in the front row of the stands.

On the left side of the stadium, off the battlefield, was a wooden podium. Mr Goodshow stood on the podium, holding a microphone. He tapped the microphone, and a loud thumping sound echoed through the air. Everyone in the stands went quiet at this, staying silent so that they could hear the old man speak. After a few moments of silence, Mr Goodshow put his mouth to the microphone, and spoke,

"Welcome, one and all, to the Tournament of Legends." The crowd exploded with applause and cheering, before falling silent again, "Today is the start of magnificent experience, trainers and pokémon, battling together as one, to prove that they are the strongest."

The crowd cheered again, before Mr Goodshow tapped the microphone again, "Now, the people behind me, are our very own champions, first the champion of Kanto," Lance stood up and waved, before sitting down again, "The champion of Johto," Ethan Gold waved excitedly to the crowd, "The Hoenn champion," Steven Stone nodded, "The Sinnoh champion," Cynthia smiled and waved to the crowd, as all the guys wolf whistled and yelled out marriage proposals. Cynthia ignored them and Mr Goodshow continued, "The Unovan champion," Alder yelled out, waving his hands wildly, "The Kalosian champion," Diantha waved politely, getting the same reaction that Cynthia got, "And finally the Alolan champion," Sun saluted the crowd with two fingers.

"So, now that that is out of the way, we have a special treat for all of you out there." In the crowd people started to whisper between one another, as the trainers shuffled off the field, as the champions, except for Lance walked of the stage and sat down behind one of the trainer boxes. Lance followed them, but instead of sitting down, he stepped into the trainer box. The crowd went wild, knowing that whomever the champion was battling was about to get crushed.

"Lance has requested an exhibition match against one of the trainers." Serena and the group gasped in surprise, as they all thought the same thought;

'Silver is battling Lance!'

"So without further ado, please welcome the opposing trainer," a figure wearing a long coat, which covered his whole body, as Mr Goodshow finished the sentence, "The legendary, Ash Ketchum!"

Ash grabbed the hood of his coat and threw it off. The crowd was silent for a few seconds, before they went completely wild. He took the coat off, as he waved to the crowd. He then spoke into the microphone on his shirt, "It's nice to be back with civilization." He then pointed to his friends and family, who were at a lost for words, Delia, Serena, Chrissy, May and Dawn had tears dripping down their faces, as Red, Gary, Cilan, Clemont, Professor Oak, Professor Sycamore and Gary gave him proud looks. Bonnie and Max's mouths were hanging open, and Iris and Misty were in total disbelief, "I dedicate this match to my friends and family, and to all of you out there." The crowd, mostly all the girls in the stadium, and Ash's friends and family cheered loudly. Ash then turned to face Lance, who had a look of disbelief and admiration on his face, "Lance, let's make this a match to remember!"

Lance laughed, "I wouldn't have it any other way, Ash!"

The referee walked onto the field, "This will be a two on two match between trainer Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town, and the Kanto champion, Lance. When either side has lost both pokémon, the winner will be declared. Are both trainers ready?" Both trainers nodded, as Lance grabbed a pokéball from his belt, "Battle begin!"

"Let's show him what we can do Aerodactyl!" Lance yelled out, as a reptilian, bipedal pokémon with large, membranous wings popped out. He had sharply pointed ears and a fierce expression with intense eyes. His snout was ridged, with a gaping mouth and strong lower jaw full of serrated fangs. His body was covered in light violet-gray skin with violet wings. His wings consisted of a membrane running from the side of his body to the tip of his elongated fingers. A hump-like ridge grew on his back and he had a strong, arrow-tipped tail. It screeched and snarled at Ash.

Ash smiled, "Archeops, I choose you!" From the pokéball that he threw, a large, flying creature that looked like a dinosaur came out. He had a featherless, scaly head, which was red with a green stripe running along the top. His mouth was filled with sharp teeth and his eyes were white with black pupils and no irises. The body was covered with frayed-looking, yellowish feathers with blue feathers on his arms and legs. All his limbs ended in sharp claws. He had a ring of smaller green feathers around his ankles. His tail was completely red and featherless, except for a fan of blue feathers at the end.

The two rock and flying types bowed their heads to one another, before they got ready to fight.

"Well, well, well. It seems that we have a prehistoric battle on our hands." The announcer called out, as the crowd went wild.

"Lance has the first move, battle begin!" The referee called out.

"Aerodactyl, start of with Stone Edge!" Aerodactyl, roared as giant rock spires erupted from the ground, as the attack rushed towards the enemy bird.

"Archeops, use Rock Polish, then use Sandstorm and Double Team combo. Then rush him with Steel Wing." Ash added telepathically, as Archeops's body sparkled with light blue energy, before he flapped his wings. As Archeops flapped his wings together, sand and dirt was picked up off the ground, and swirled around the field, creating a storm of debris, just before the Stone Edge hit. No one in the audience could see the result, as the Sandstorm blocked their view of the field. Suddenly, there was a roar of pain. Ash clapped his hand, and the storm of dust disappeared. The battlefield was now visible, and the crowd could now see that Aerodactyl was on the ground, holding his head, while dozens of Archeops was flying in the air, his wings were covered in a metallic sheen.

"It seems Archeops used the cover of the storm to attack Aerodactyl with Steel Wing! An impressive move by the Pallet Town native."

Lance growled, as the stadium exploded with cheers, and screams from the girls, each trying to get him to date them, which Ash ignored. "That was pure genius on Ash's part." Professor Sycamore stated,

"I concur." Professor said, rubbing his chin between his thumb and index finger, "Using the sandstorm as cover for his attack. Plus, his Archeops was able to stop the Sandstorm, immediately. Archeops has been trained extremely well." The others nodded, as the match continued,

"Aerodactyl, can you still battle?" The prehistoric bird squawked in determination, staring at the dozens of feathery birds on the other side of the field. "Use Rock Slide, get rid of the fakes."

Aerodactyl's body glowed white. In the air, in front of the pterodactyl, several rocks appeared out of thin air, each one outline in a light glow. Aerodactyl roared, as the rocks shot through the air, some hitting the clones, causing them to disappear, but thanks to using Rock Polish, Archeops was able to dodge the rocks.

"Alright, time to finish this, Archeops, use Ancient Destroyer!" The audience started to whisper to one another, confused about what was going on; none of them had ever heard of a move like this.

Archeops shot forward, surrounded in a white sphere. As he flew across the battlefield, his body became surrounded by a blue aura, making him look like he was a light-blue bullet, and Archeops flew at the Aerodactyl, slamming into the enemy dinosaur, headfirst. The attack kicked up an explosion of dust, obscuring the battlefield once more. When the dust settled, the audience could see Archeops hovering over Ash's side of the field, puffing but still ready to go another round.

Aerodactyl, on the other hand, was lying on his back, eyes swirled.

"Aerodactyl is unable to battle, Archeops wins. Champion, please choose your next pokémon." The audience was silent, unable to believe that this man was able to take the Kanto champion's fearsome Aerodactyl.

"Let's go, Dragonite!" A draconic, bipedal pokémon with light orange skin emerged from the ball. He had large, grayish-green eyes and a round snout with small nostrils. A pair of long, thin antennae sprouted from the top of his head, with a small horn set between them. Dragonite's striated underbelly was cream-colored, and extended from his neck to the tip of his long, tapering tail. He had thick arms and legs, each ending in three claws. The leg joints were well defined, while his arms had a smooth, rounded appearance. Dragonite's wings were small compared to its body, with teal wing membranes. It roared, as the crowd cheered for the powerful Kanto dragon.

"Well, it seems that Lance wants to end this match now. Sending his powerful Dragonite will be bad for the challenger's chances of winning. The challenger has the type advantage, but Lance is the champion, after all. What will the challenger do?" As the announcer talked, Ash returned his Archeops, thanking it for a wonderful battle. "What's this? Ash has returned his Archeops? What is he planning?"

"May your aura guide you to victory. Salamence, I choose you!" From the pokéball Ash threw, a quadruped, draconic pokémon with a long, tapering tail, emerged. He was primarily green with a silver lower jaw and thickly scaled underside. There were orange markings on his throat, the underside of his tail, and stripes on the inner surface of his legs. Additionally, there were raised orange ridges above Salamence's eyes. Three flat fins protruded from either side of Salamence's head. He had two pairs of pointed teeth, one in the upper jaw and one in the lower. Each of Salamence's short legs had three claws and had two large, orange wings growing out of his back. Salamence roared loudly, the sound echoing through the stadium, before releasing a stream of fire from his mouth, heating the crowd up.

"I don't believe it! A shiny Salamence! This will be a tough battle folks!"

The referee stepped forward again, "Battle Begin!"

"Salamence, into the air!"

"You too, Dragonite!"

Both dragons pushed of the ground, flying upwards at fast speeds. But Salamence quickly outpaced the orange dragon, and stopped about thirty feet in the air. Dragonite followed suit, stopping at the same height that his opponent was hovering at. The two dragons stared one another down, trying to unnerve each other.

Lance was getting impatient, "Dragonite, Ice Punch!" The orange dragon roared, as his fist became surrounded in a light-blue glow, before rushing towards the green dragon.

"Salamence, Protect into Dragon Claw." Salamence smirked, as a turquoise force field surrounded him, just before the Ice Punch collided with his face. Dragonite growled in surprise, as his fist hit the barrier, before it disappeared and a claw slammed into his face, sending him backwards a few feet.

"Ash's Salamence has Dragonite on the ropes. What will the orange dragon do to retaliate?" the announcer boomed.

"Dragonite, bring him down, Thunder!" Dragonite howled, as a lightning bolt struck him from above. As the electricity coursed through his body, the dragon dispersed the lightning all around him. The attack rocketed towards Salamence, like a bullet.

Yet, Salamence didn't try to dodge, and the lightning hit the dragon and flying type, causing an explosion, and the crowd to gasp in fear, worried for the shiny dragon's health. Suddenly, they heard Ash call out,

"Use Double Team, then Roost." The crowd watched in shock, as a large group Salamence flew out of the smoke, flying in every direction as they started to glow.

"Dragonite, quickly use Hyper Beam!" Dragonite opened his mouth and a light yellow orb of energy appeared, with rainbow colored rays coming out of it. The rainbow colored rays disappeared, as the ball turned into a beam. Dragonite smiled, as he turned his head in a wide arc, intending to get all the Salamence clones at once. The beam rocketed towards the Salamences, a wave of destruction. As it tore through each Salamence, the clones vanished, leaving the battlefield empty, except for a wincing Dragonite, who was feeling the after affects of the Hyper Beam.

As the crowd gaped at the fact that the Hyper Beam seemingly disintegrated, a roar echoed from above. Everyone in the stadium looked up to see Salamence flying above Dragonite, who was still immobile, due to the Hyper Beam. The shiny dragon smirked at the orange dragon, who had a terrified look on his face.

"Now that's genius! Using the clones as a diversion to heal up, while the opponent used an attack that would render him motionless."

"Salamence, finish this." Salamence's stomach started to glow orange, as he faced the sky, and opened his mouth, a ball of energy forming inside. "Draco Meteor!" The shiny dragon released the ball into the sky. The ball exploded, as dozens of smaller balls of energy fell towards the earth, some racing towards Dragonite, who had a look of fear in his eyes, as the meteors collided with him, causing a large explosion. Seconds after, the orange dragon and flying type fell towards the earth, picking up speed as it fell.

The crowd shouted in fear; the dragon was falling too fast. He would be injured if he hit the ground at that speed. "Dragonite return!" Lance yelled in angst, but the red beam missed the dragon, always missing the dragon's tail by an inch. As the stadium screamed out, a voice called out,

"Catch him." Ash called out to his green dragon, who nodded. As Dragonite plummeted towards the ground, Salamence sped towards him, flying faster than a bullet. Dragonite was mere metres from the ground, when Salamence swooped in from above, catching the larger dragon in his arms, and flew to Lance, and gently dropped the dragon at his feet. The champion rushed forward, and hugged his partner tightly, before thanking Salamence for catching him.

Salamence nodded, before flying back to Ash, and nuzzling his neck, affectionately, earning a round of applause from everyone in the stadium. "Thank you, my friend." He said, as he returned his pokémon. Ash looked over at his opponent, who had just returned his own pokémon.

"Dragonite is unable to battle, Salamence wins. Since both of the champion's pokémon are unable to battle, the winner is Ash Ketchum of Pallet Town!" The referee called out.

"Amazing, Ash Ketchum has beaten the Kanto champion, and was also able to save Lance's Dragonite from that horrific fall! That was sensational!" The announcer boomed, as Ash and Lance met in the middle of the battlefield.

"That was a good match, Ash. I hope that we are able to battle again in the near future."

"As do I, Lance. Take care of yourself, and I will hopefully see you soon." Ash replied, as the two men shook hands, which was followed by a loud cheer from everyone in the stadium. Even with the whole stadium yelling and clapping, Ash could still hear the voices of his friends and family.

Ash let go of Lance's hand and looked towards the group. He nodded to them, before pointing at his locker room, signaling for them to meet him there. They nodded and watched as he left the field.

In the locker room:

Ash was sitting on a wooden bench, staring at the wall, absentmindedly-patting Pikachu, who had watched the match on the television in the locker room.

"This is it, Pikachu," Pikachu looked up at his trainer/best friend, a quizzical look on his face. "The others are coming in here. I don't know what to tell them. If I told them about what I have done the pass five years, Lucario, Mewtwo and Arceus would kill me. If I don't tell them, then they will kill me for leaving, none the less."

"Just tell them it is confidential. They will understand. Just wait until they ask you, don't tell them that they can't know straight off the bat." The yellow mouse advised.

"Yeah, you're right. Thanks buddy." There was a knock on the door. Pikachu jumped off Ash's lap and onto his shoulder. Ash stood up, dusted his clothes off and grabbed his hat from the bench beside him, putting it on his head. After making sure that the hat was on tightly, the raven-haired trainer strode over to the door, and reached out for the handle, his hand hovering centimetres over the knob. Ash took in a deep breath, "Here goes nothing." He said, as he grabbed the handle and opened the door. Standing before him were his family and friends, all of them five years older than when he left them. Ash and the group stared silently at one another, until Ash grinned goofily at them, "Uh, hey everyone. Good to see yo..." Serena interrupted Ash, as she launched herself at him, causing Ash to topple backwards. As the two fell to the ground, he wrapped Serena up in his embrace. When they hit the floor Ash looked down to see Serena crying heavily into his chest, softly hitting him and mumbling, "Never leave me."

As Serena cried, she felt Ash hug her tightly, stroking her hair and telling her, "Don't worry, everything is ok. I'm not leaving you again, not now, not ever."

'He is far more mature than when we last saw him, five years ago.' Professor Sycamore thought, as he watched the raven-haired trainer comforting his daughter.

Suddenly, Dawn, Chrissy, May and Bonnie, threw themselves onto Ash, all of them crying for him to never leave them. As he continued to comfort the girls, Delia and Red joined in the group hug, soon followed by the others, until everyone was piled on top of Ash.

'I missed this.' Ash thought, as he embraced his family and friends. 'This is the life.'

Done. Wow, two chapters at once. I have way too much time on my hands. Anyway, I would like to thank you all for the support you have shown so far. It is awesome to see that people like the things that I write about. I will still be continuing on with this story, as well as thinking up another story. The links for the mansion will be up on my profile. That's all for now, everyone. See ya, next time.